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Pawnee City Public Schools

Pawnee City Public Schools sits in the lowest third of Nebraska districts on estimated teacher pay at $57,991 (above only 20% of in-state peers with reliable estimates). Per-pupil spending, enrollment, and budget for Pawnee City Public Schools come from the NCES Common Core of Data F-33 finance survey (FY2023).

$57,991
Est. avg teacher salary

Below benchmark

$21,119
Per-pupil spending
268
Students enrolled
20th
Pct. in NE
$57,991

Pawnee City Public Schools sits in the lowest third of Nebraska districts on estimated teacher pay at $57,991 (above only 20% of in-state peers with reliable estimates). Estimated average teacher salary is $57,991, below the national average of $70,245, serving 268 students (NCES CCD F-33, FY2023).

  • Lower-third pay in state: Pawnee City Public Schools sits in the lowest third of Nebraska districts on estimated teacher pay at $57,991 (above only 20% of in-state peers with reliable estimates).
  • 20th percentile for Nebraska
  • 32nd percentile nationally
  • 36% of spending reaches instructional salaries
  • Nebraska ranks #31 of 49 on the salary estimate and #35 of 49 on enrollment in the same reliable-district pool.
  • Pawnee City Public Schools ranks #161 of 200 Nebraska districts by estimated teacher salary and #61 of 200 by per-pupil spending. Umo N Ho N Nation Public Schs pay #1 at $90,446 is not Laurel-concord-coleridge School spending #1 at $62,234 per pupil
  • +20.0% estimated-basis panel FY2019→FY2023 (not applied to the FTE figure above)

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Instructional payroll mix vs Nebraska median

Among 246 Nebraska districts that break out F-33 program salary totals, Pawnee City Public Schools's instructional payroll puts 69.2% into regular program , 11.5 points below the state median of 80.7%. The mix below is the district's own F-33 program split against the in-state median, not a quality score.

Program Pawnee City NE median Gap
Regular program 69.2% 80.7% -11.5 pp
Special education 12.5% 11.8% +0.7 pp
Other programs 18.3% 7.4% +10.9 pp

Shares are of this district's reported F-33 teacher-salary program totals (Z35–Z38), compared with the median share across 246 in-state peers with a positive program sum. NCES LEAID 3175330 · FY2023.

LEAID 3175330 · NCES CCD F-33 FY2023

Pawnee City F-33 compensation desk

SALARY-BELOW -8% vs state RANK-ST-LOW P20 in state RANK-NAT-LOW P32 national PPE-MID $21K/pupil ENR-TINY 268 students INSTR-MID 36% instr BASIS-FTE FTE-reported PHOTO-NEAR Near Laurel-concord-coleridge FY-2023-LIGHT FY2023 book

FY2023: $57,991 estimated average teacher salary · P20 in Nebraska · P32 nationally · 36% instructional salary share. Nearest salary peer: Schuyler (+$683est. salary).

Salary neighbourhood chart for Pawnee City

Salary neighbourhood · Pawnee City

Pawnee City trails most of its in-state peer set; the chart plots it against the top and bottom pay poles for context (NCES F-33 FY2023, not a full state reprint).

est. salary
Source NCES CCD F-33 Finance Survey As of FY2023
Appropriate use & corrections
National salary distribution for Pawnee City

Pawnee City Public Schools's estimated salary vs. every US district

NCES F-33 estimate, reliable-salary districts only

$57,991 32nd percentile higher than 32% of 10,684 US districts

Show national distribution $30,000–$40,000: 155 US districts (1%). Below this entry. $40,000–$50,000: 1,360 US districts (13%). Below this entry. $50,000–$60,000: 2,382 US districts (22%). This entry sits in this band. $60,000–$70,000: 2,402 US districts (22%). Above this entry. $70,000–$80,000: 1,633 US districts (15%). Above this entry. $80,000–$90,000: 1,097 US districts (10%). Above this entry. $90,000–$100,000: 662 US districts (6%). Above this entry. $100,000–$110,000: 371 US districts (3%). Above this entry. $110,000–$120,000: 249 US districts (2%). Above this entry. $120,000–$130,000: 156 US districts (1%). Above this entry. $130,000–$140,000: 112 US districts (1%). Above this entry. $140,000–$150,000: 57 US districts (1%). Above this entry. $150,000–$160,000: 25 US districts (0%). Above this entry. $160,000–$170,000: 13 US districts (0%). Above this entry. $170,000–$180,000: 10 US districts (0%). Above this entry. $180,000–$190,000: 0 US districts (0%). Above this entry. Pawnee City Public Schools $30,000 $190,000 every reliable-salary US district, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $10K-wide band; taller bars hold more US districts. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source NCES CCD F-33 Finance Survey, FY2023 · FY2023

Pawnee City in Nebraska's lower-third pay band

Same 200 districts with a usable salary and a comparable per-pupil figure (NCES F-33 FY2023)

est. avg salary

What this shows Pawnee City Public Schools ranks #161 of 200 Nebraska districts by estimated teacher salary and #61 of 200 by per-pupil spending. Umo N Ho N Nation Public Schs pay #1 at $90,446 is not Laurel-concord-coleridge School spending #1 at $62,234 per pupil

Source NCES CCD F-33 Finance Survey, FY2023 As of FY2023

The same districts by per-pupil spending

Pawnee City Public Schools is marked; a high spending bar is not a high pay bar

per pupil

What this shows Laurel-concord-coleridge School leads spending at $62,234 per pupil; Umo N Ho N Nation Public Schs leads pay.

Source NCES CCD F-33 Finance Survey, FY2023 As of FY2023

What stands out about Pawnee City Public Schools

  • Estimated teacher pay here rose +20.0% between FY2019 and FY2023, outpacing Nebraska's statewide +9.1% by 10.9 points, a growth rate faster than 86% of the 221 Nebraska districts with a comparable FY2019 baseline.
  • Enrolment fell from 293 to 268 students (8.5% down) across FY2019–FY2023 while the instructional salary pool per teacher went up. Districts on that path are usually holding staffing steady against a falling roll, which lifts the per-teacher figure without anyone getting a raise, so read this page's salary estimate alongside the enrolment line rather than on its own.
  • It is a very small district (268 students), where the enrollment-based salary estimate is more sensitive to staffing mix.

This pay stretches further than the headline figure suggests

Nominal district estimate
$57,990.69

The FY2023 salary estimate shown in the hero.

Nebraska price level
90.3 / 100

BEA all-items regional price parity; 100 is the U.S. average.

National-price equivalent
$64,229

+11% versus the nominal figure.

Prices in Nebraska run below the national average, so this salary has roughly the buying power of the national-price equivalent above. A district in a costlier state can advertise a larger nominal salary and still leave a teacher with less.

Regional price parity: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, 2023 all-items RPP by state. The adjustment applies a statewide index to a district figure, so it captures how Nebraska compares nationally, not how this district compares with others in its own state. Compare every state on this basis.

How this salary figure is calculated
Full NCES reading for Pawnee City Public Schools

What the Numbers Say About Pawnee City Public Schools

Pawnee City Public Schools is a small school district in Nebraska, serving 268 students at an estimated per-pupil spending of $21,119. Estimated average teacher salary, derived from reported teacher salary expenditure (F-33 items Z35-Z38) divided by teacher FTE, is $57,991, placing the district in the high-investment tier of NCES F-33 respondents. NCES LEAID 3175330 references the FY2023 Common Core of Data Local Education Agency Finance Survey.

Relative to the Nebraska statewide average of $63,159, teacher pay in Pawnee City Public Schools runs materially below the state benchmark, a 8.2% gap, and below the national instructional-salary estimate of $70,245 (17.4% differential). Among enrolling districts in Nebraska, it pays more than 20% of them. Nebraska itself ranks #31 of 49 nationally on average teacher compensation, which shapes the funding ceiling districts operate under.

On the budget side, Pawnee City Public Schools reports $5.7M in total expenditure against $6.5M in revenue, with instructional salaries accounting for 36% of spending, a compensation-to-budget ratio that signals how much of each tax dollar reaches classroom educators. Regular-program teacher salary outlay is $1.0M, special-education teacher pay is $0.2M.

How does Pawnee City Public Schools compare?

Estimated average teacher salary versus a peer district, the Nebraska average, and the national average. Pick any in-state district to compare.

Pawnee City Public Schools $57,991
Omaha Public Schools $74,787
Nebraska avg $63,159
National avg $70,245

Pawnee City Public Schools pays -22.5% less than Omaha Public Schools · per-pupil $21,119 vs $18,493

Derived from NCES F-33 teacher salary expenditure (Z35-Z38) and CCD Staff Universe teacher FTE (FY2023); a small minority use the documented fallback. Unreliable service entities are excluded.

Data-derived comparison paths

Find comparable Nebraska districts

On pay, Pawnee City Public Schools sits closest to Laurel-concord-coleridge School; on per-pupil investment, its nearest match is Meridian Public Schools. These are not simply nearby districts: each group is selected from the same NCES FY2023 dataset using a matching salary or per-pupil-investment signal and a comparable enrollment range.

Closest on estimated pay
  1. Laurel-concord-coleridge School
  2. Clarkson Public Schools
  3. Dundy Co Stratton Public Schs
  4. Pleasanton Public Schools
  5. Riverside Public Schools
  6. Neligh-oakdale Schools
  7. Yutan Public Schools
  8. Ainsworth Community Schools
  9. Ansley Public Schools
  10. Giltner Public Schools
  11. Sutherland Public Schools
Closest on per-pupil investment
  1. Meridian Public Schools
  2. Rock County Public Schools
  3. Mead Public Schools
  4. Valentine Community Schools
  5. Bloomfield Community Schools
  6. Bayard Public Schools
  7. Wausa Public Schools
  8. Alma Public Schools
  9. Centennial Public Schools
  10. Hay Springs Public Schools
  11. Thayer Central Community Schs

Similar estimated teacher pay

Similar per-pupil investment

Out-of-state districts near Pawnee City Public Schools's smaller enrollment

Two out-of-state peer sets for Pawnee City Public Schools: closest on enrollment (268 students here) and closest on estimated average teacher salary ($57,991 here). Rows stay link-disjoint so each axis is a distinct neighborhood.

Similar enrollment

Nearest other districts by NCES student count (floored at ≥200).

Similar estimated salary

Nearest other districts by F-33-derived average teacher salary, distinct from the enrollment row.

Enrollment and salaries from NCES CCD F-33; estimated teacher pay can diverge widely at the same student count because of state funding, cost of living, and local bargaining.

Revenue & Expenditure

$6.5M
Total Revenue
$5.7M
Total Expenditure
$2.0M
Instruction Salaries
36% of total spending

Instructional Salary by Program

$1.0M
Regular Program
$0.2M
Special Education
$0.3M
Other Programs

The teacher salaries behind this page's average are the ones NCES reports for 3 programs in Pawnee City Public Schools: the regular program, special education and other programs. It reports no separate figure for vocational programs. Together they are 73% of everything the district spends on instructional salaries; the other 27% pays instructional aides, paraprofessionals, substitutes and other instructional staff who are not counted as teachers here.

Nebraska Teacher Pay Overview

The highest average among comparably sized Nebraska districts belongs to Umo N Ho N Nation Public Schs at $90,446. At the other end, Pawnee City Public Schools anchors the bottom of the 91-district field, so the gap between it and the state's ceiling is close to the full spread the state average is drawn from. Kansas and Kentucky are the states closest to Nebraska on BEA's price parity, which makes them the fair comparison; against a costlier state this salary goes further than its number suggests.

View all Nebraska districts →

Other Nebraska Districts

Smaller-district sample from 199 Nebraska peers; bar length shows pay magnitude within this enrollment band.

Wilcox-hildreth Public Schools
$53,168
234 students
Pleasanton Public Schools
$58,216
304 students
Sutherland Public Schools
$58,694
305 students
Wauneta-palisade Public Schs
$51,337
230 students
Weeping Water Public Schools
$68,586
310 students
Silver Lake Public Schools
$55,614
226 students

This is a sample of 6 from 199 Nebraska districts with enrollment and salary data reliable enough to compare in the NCES CCD F-33 survey.

Frequently Asked Questions about Pawnee City Public Schools
What is the average teacher salary in Pawnee City Public Schools?

The average teacher salary in Pawnee City Public Schools is $57,991 (NCES CCD FY2023), from reported teacher salary expenditure (F-33 items Z35-Z38) divided by the district's reported teacher headcount (NCES CCD Staff Universe Survey).

How does Pawnee City Public Schools teacher pay compare to the Nebraska average?

Pawnee City Public Schools pays 8.2% less than the Nebraska state average of $63,159. The district's average is $57,991.

How does Pawnee City Public Schools teacher pay compare to the national average?

Pawnee City Public Schools pays 17.4% below the national average of $70,245. The district average is $57,991.

What is the per-pupil spending in Pawnee City Public Schools?

Pawnee City Public Schools spends approximately $21,119 per student annually (NCES FY2023), covering instructional salaries, support services, and administration.

What percentage of Pawnee City Public Schools's budget goes to teacher salaries?

Instructional salaries account for 36% of Pawnee City Public Schools's total expenditure of $5.7M (NCES FY2023).

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According to the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) F-33 Local Education Agency Finance Survey, PlainTeacher's figures are computed directly, no number is typed in by an editor. Pawnee City Public Schools's salary and finance figures are computed directly from its FY2023 F-33 submission, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error on this page. Data current as of FY2023.